13: Western European Furniture of Neoclassicism,
Historicism and Art Nouveau

Corner sofa with a high back

Late 19th century

F. Melzer's furniture factory

St Petersburg

175x141x43 cm

Walnut, ivory, mirror, velvet, inlay work

In 1895 the architect Antony Tomishko constructed the Lower Palace (or Lower Dacha) for Nicholas II and his family in the Alexandria Park at Peterhof. The palace was furnished using designs from the celebrated St Petersburg furniture-maker Friedrich (Fiodor) Melzer. The corner sofa with a high back and a mirrored niche, upholstered in green velvet with a cyclamen pattern, was in the rooms of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolayevna at the Lower Dacha in Peterhof.